Monthly Archives: March 2012

Coming home

I spent a few days away from the garden last week and it is always good coming home to see how the plants are developing.  Because of the very warm weather and sunshine there is much to see – and … Continue reading

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Sunday thoughts

Mother’s Day today and most of the family to lunch with me.  The all-day rain that had been forecast earlier in the week fell yesterday (very welcome) which was good because it meant that Mum and I could take a … Continue reading

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Planning the new design

Part of the design process involved my garden-designer neighbour spending a couple of hours with my partner and myself, and extracting from us both what we wanted from the garden.  He is not a gardener at all, and whilst happy … Continue reading

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Down in the weeds

Today has been the most perfect Spring day so I ditched all my other plans for the morning and spent it in the garden, weeding.  I fail to see why people hate this task; for me it is the best … Continue reading

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Introducing my garden

I’ve gardened here for over 10 years now, and worked with what was there was when I bought the house, mainly adding to it plant wise.  I’m passionate about herbaceous perennials and concentrated on building my collection, but that meant … Continue reading

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Preparing the ground

So, as this is my first post on my blog which as the name suggests will be about my garden (mostly) this post is the equivalent of me starting to dig the ground, to throw out the large stones and … Continue reading

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